Botanical Name

Curcuma caesia Roxb. [Zingiberaceae]

Specimen Type

Herbarium Sheet [Preserved Specimen]

Collector

[Wallich]

Collection Date-s

28 April 1815

Collection Location

Ex Ind. orient.: H. B. [India]

Colonial Context

Danish India 1620–1869

Ownership and Collection Management History

[no.] 821; dedit Nathaniel Wallich; ex herb. Jens W. Hornemann

Common Names

Black turmeric [English]

Source

Herbarium C NHMD

NHMD Herbarium C Catalogue Number

NHMD00925164

Copyright Owner

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Copyright License

CC BY-NC 4.0 (images) and CC0 (metadata)